diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 3a006a0..eb25848 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ NEXT
   `font-family: inherit;` has been added to the `.pure-button` selector to
   normalize the difference in height. ([#221][] @narcis-radu)
 
+### Forms
 
+* Added `vertical-align: top;` to `<textarea>`s within `.pure-form-aligned`
+  Forms to fix an alignment issue where its label was aligned to the middle.
+  ([#174][] @rictorres, @ItsAsbreuk)
+
+
+[#174]: https://github.com/yui/pure/issues/174
 [#200]: https://github.com/yui/pure/issues/200
 [#221]: https://github.com/yui/pure/issues/221
 
diff --git a/src/forms/css/forms.css b/src/forms/css/forms.css
index da57bb3..4246eeb 100644
--- a/src/forms/css/forms.css
+++ b/src/forms/css/forms.css
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@
     *zoom: 1;
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
+.pure-form-aligned textarea {
+    vertical-align: top;
+}
 
 /* Aligned Forms */
 .pure-form-aligned .pure-control-group {